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Motorsports mainstay Tom Walkinshaw dead at 64 [w/video]

Tom Wilkinshaw, a former racer and Formula One team owner, passed away this weekend after a long fight with cancer at the age of 64. Wilkinshaw began making a name for himself in the racing world when he took the 1969 Formula Ford title, though he didn't stop at the open-wheel leagues. After taking the European Touring Car Championship in 1984 with a Jaguar XJS, the sportsman took the Bathurst 1000 in the same car with co-drivers John Goss and German Armin. Wilkinshaw also snagged the Le Mans and Sportscar titles before jumping out of the cockpit to lend a hand with the legendary Benetton F1 team as an engineering director.

While there, Wilkinshaw helped usher Michael Schumacher to the first F1 wins of his career. After his time with Benetton, the Scot worked under the Ligier and Arrows banners before leaving F1 for Australian Supercars. Hit the jump to see the man in action behind the wheel of a Jaguar V12 XJS.

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Anonymous

4 Years Ago

Jeez I own a 1995 Jaguar XJS, watching that car hoping about 10 feet sideways through that one corner would have given my heart a bit of a blip. An XJS -12 car is no lightweight especially on the front end, are you sure that was a 12 cylinder car and not the six, because it sure sounds like the 4.2.